Rotary International Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Robert Kleinpeter
A life long resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, died at Baton Rouge General Hospital – Bluebonnet on May 18, 2013. He was born on September 28, 1924, the son of George Buffington Kleinpeter, Sr. and Ethel McDaniel. He was a graduate of Istrouma High School. His studies at LSU were interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the Army Air Corps in the Aleutians, India, China and South Pacific theaters, flying bombing missions as a tail gunner. Returning home after the war, he...